FAQ

answers

Too good to be true?

  • While land in Argentina is notably affordable, the modest $250USD fee remains exceptionally economical, even by local standards. Our intention is to maintain this affordability to foster participation, enabling a diverse range of individuals to allocate their resources toward constructing personal residences or businesses, rather than accumulating funds ourselves.

  • Our community operates on a decentralized model, refraining from providing internal services, as we trust in the initiative and capabilities of our members. Consequently, post the initial development phase, no central authority wielding a monopoly will exist within the community. Notably, residents will not be subject to any annual fees for their continued residency.

  • It is imperative to underscore that the success of this endeavor is heavily reliant on the active involvement of our community members. The project hinges on collective and individual participation rather than relying on a cadre of investors anticipating substantial returns at the expense of residents.

Our emphasis is on:

  1. Member Attraction through Strategic Marketing Efforts: Employing targeted marketing strategies to attract prospective members to our community.

  2. Establishing the Essential Legal Framework for Thriving Community Operations: Formulating and implementing the requisite legal framework essential for the sustained growth and prosperity of the community.

  3. Enforcing Initial Rules for Community Development: Vigilantly enforcing a select set of foundational rules crucial for guiding the community through its initial stages of development until it transitions to a more advanced phase, characterized by a self-sustaining and autonomous state.

The initiative is spearheaded by seasoned anarcho-capitalists and agorists Giacomo Zamagni, Leonardo Facco, and Alessandro Fusillo, who also serve on the board of the Italian Libertarian Movement—an established movement boasting a 15-year history and a substantial following in Italy. Focused on an agoristic approach to liberty and harboring skepticism toward political endeavors, the trio ultimately chose Argentina as the setting for their venture.

Allow us a touch of humor as we assert that the founders are so committed to realizing a truly anarcho-capitalist community within their lifetime that, paradoxically, if there were any sinister motives behind Los Propietarios project, the proceeds would still find their way towards the establishment of such community. Therefore, there is truly no need for apprehension, founders and team’s intentions are absolutely genuine.

For more insights into the team and their mission, feel free to explore the about page.

Our project diverges from the conventional objective of generating returns for initial investors by extracting yearly fees from the members of the community.

Early investors will earn returns by selling or developing unallocated land surrounding the community, with profits tied to the rising value of this land driven by the development of members’ allocated plots.
 
The success of this initiative largely depends on active participation and efforts to promote and develop the community. The profit model aims for modest returns, relying on a large number of individuals joining as members and actively engaging in the collective effort. Once self-sufficiency from a social stand point is achieved, the commitment is to cease operations, avoiding any role as community overlords.

We are currently exploring several viable land options, and the specific parcel we acquire will be contingent upon members participation and financing.

The availability of the land to settlers is contingent upon the timing of project funding. Upon successful fundraising, the land will be acquired, and following the completion of various land works, it will be open for homesteading processes by the members.

Upon the land being prepared for settlement, Members are afforded the opportunity to obtain possession of a lot through the following process:

  1. Notification via Email: Members must communicate their claim to a specific lot by notifying us through email.

  2. Community Notification through Visible Signage: Members must also make their claim known to the wider community by visibly marking the chosen premise.

  3. Utilization through Homesteading or Business Development: Members must solidify their claim by actively using the land for homesteading or business development.

Lots are selected by Members upon their arrival at the premises, this process continues until all lots are duly assigned.

PLEASE NOTE: Just signing up on the website or obtaining the AncapCert certification is not sufficient to obtain a lot of land, the homesteading process is the final last step necessary to achieve that.

The homesteading process can be delegated to individuals or companies. You can also use Agora Marketplace to find them.

The purpose of homesteading is to give land a real, meaningful use by combining human effort with nature. For land to count as properly homesteaded, there should be clear signs of use, improvement, and development — even if progress is slow.

For instance, in the early stages, someone might choose to live on their land in a tent, van, or camper without any issue, as long as they’re actively working to improve their living conditions. The land can also be used to offer services or run an automated business. What matters most is that the use of the land is genuine and practical — not just for show.

Finally, while developing urban areas is important, we place even more value on the human presence and effort involved. To give a strong example, we’d rather see a hundred people living in tents and steadily improving their lives than a hundred empty but well-built houses. Ideally, both number of people and thoughtful development can go hand in hand.

Ownership is a construct defined and enforced by a community. As such it can take different forms. For example, someone might legally own a house according to the government, but inside that house, other people—like their children—might consider certain rooms their own.

In the same way, land might officially belong to a Trust Company under government records, but within the community, ownership is decided based on libertarian principles. The Trust Company holds the land in the eyes of the government, but its role is mainly to protect the community, help its members, and create a system that allows the community to grow.

Once the community is large enough, the Trust Company might shut down and transfer legal Government ownership of the land to the individual members. This would align the internal system of ownership with the government’s records. However, some members might find it inconvenient to be listed as owners in government files. In those cases, they can choose to keep using the Trust Company to hold ownership for them.

There exists no formalized association between the government and the community, and neither the community nor the trust company enjoys any conferred special privileges or preferential treatment. It is crucial to emphasize that the pursuit of freedom is not predicated upon government approval, as the solicitation for freedom would paradoxically imply a subservient status. Instead, the realization of freedom is contingent upon individual initiative.

It is our position that an autarkic model may not be conducive to the optimal development of the community. However, we recognize the practicality and convenience of individual members achieving a certain level of self-sufficiency. The determination of the appropriate equilibrium between community interdependence and individual self-sufficiency is left to the discretion of each member. It is imperative to clarify that our objective is not to establish an autarky, as we acknowledge the tangible benefits derived from economies of scale and the division of labor. Our primary concern lies in fostering accelerated and enhanced growth through these principles.